…use in as many recipes that call for cream cheese. 😀 Ingredients : 1 litre Milk (I used low fat cow’s milk) 1 tbsp. Curds/Yoghurt (should not be sour) 1 tbsp. Lime Juice or Vinegar (I prefer using lime juice) Procedure : Boil milk, add lime juice; stir gradually, continuously until it curdles and you can see separation of cheese and whey. Strain through a fine sieve or use a cheese cloth/muslin cloth. Wash the cheese twice with normal water to get…
…1 tbsp. Butter ½ tsp. Salt For the Glaze : 1 Egg (lightly beaten) 2 tbsps. Milk Garnishing : Sesame Seeds/Poppy Seeds Freshly chopped Coriander Procedure : Add fresh yeast & sugar to warm milk & stir till the yeast dissolves completely. Sieve maida, baking powder & salt. Add butter & curds to the flour & mix well. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture & slowly pour in the yeast mixture. Keep kneading gradually till…
…e dry ingredients & mix well. Knead the dough by adding a little water/milk/coconut milk at a time to prepare a soft, smooth & pliable dough. Leave the dough covered with a damp cloth for about 15 mins. to rest. First, dust the rolling board with some dry flour. Take out a small fistful of dough at a time & roll it using a rolling pin into a square chapatti. Cut into small squares (about 3 cm. squares). Join opposite edges of the squar…
…, poppy seeds, white & black pepper, rose water & above all creamy milk & saffron. All these aromatic spices, nuts & rose petals provided by nature combines together to make a wonderful coolant to calm & soothe the digestive system which is essential in the hot summers. Many commercial concentrates are easily available to make Thandai but homemade ones always taste better & above all is pure! My family thoroughly enjoys thi…
…alooda Sev or Vermicelli (as per packet instructions) To prepare sweetened milk : To cool slightly thickened milk stir in sugar & rose essence. Here is how you assemble the Royal Falooda Ice Cream: In individual tall/sundae glasses, first layer 2 tbsps. of concentrated rose syrup. Then layer about 3 tbsps. falooda sev/vermicelli. Next layer 2 tbsps. sabja seeds. Gently add a cup of sweetened milk. Make sure the layers are not disturbed. Lastly…
…ou have bananas which are ripe or slightly overripe then convert it into a milkshake, pancake, banana bread or how about sweet & wholesome fritters which are equally good for growing children, adults, athletes, elderly or even persons who are recovering from an illness. Here’s to Bananas… Just enjoy & relish fritters because you love them & feel like eating them!! 😀 Ingredients : 2 cups Maida (Refined Flour) 2 tbsps. Rawa (Sooji) 3 rip…
…arge bowl, lightly whisk the eggs & season with salt & pepper. Add milk & stir to combine well. Lightly grease a baking tin/casserole with oil or butter (I used aluminium containers which are a part of a pressure cooker). The dish should fit in a steamer. Arrange a layer of torn bread pieces. Then pour sufficient egg-milk mixture to moisten the bread. Arrange the prepared chicken mince evenly. It should be quite a thick layer. Place tw…
…pancakes then there is nothing to fear. It is just like stacked layered pancakes baked into a cake. The time consuming process could get to you so if you ever plan to make the gorgeous Goan Bebinca. It is extremely important to keep yourself free for the day. You need to be relaxed and all prepped, geared up and passionate enough to bake this one. Bebinca truly tests one’s patience and is a labour of love. To make the experience of baking the Goan…
…Roce Cookies, Bolinhas, Neurio, Kulkuls, Kormolas, Baath Cake, Rich Fruit Cake… all these delectable sweets are already on this space and now… another addition to the (Kuswar) Goan festive sweet table… PINACA! So here is the recipe if you would like to try. I used a cookie stamp just to remember my childhood days. Feel free to make designer ones or the traditional classic ones. 🙂 Just look at the picture… don’t they look pretty. Ingredients…
…to utilize it in desserts. I have already posted the Pineapple Upside down Cake and Fresh Pineapple Cream Cake. I make so many delicious eats with the pineapple but forget to click pictures quite often. Sheera or Suji Halwa is so popular among Indian desserts and is mostly enjoyed at breakfast or at tea time. It is a must offering at puja and also many celebratory functions. Pineapple Sheera is loved by many and is very popular in most Indian home…